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Torture
of Iraqi civilians by
occupation forces
BAGHDAD, May 16.-
More than 20 Iraqi civilians have been tortured by
U.S. and British troops occupying that country, the
EFE news agency reports.
The source states
that this occurred during the aggression and its
main focus was the southern city of Basra.
Speaking at a press
conference, Said Boumedouha, member of an
investigation team, quoted the case of a man who,
according to witness statements, was given electric
shocks, while others were beaten all night, and
stressed that, in his view, “this could be
described as torture.”
Boumedouha
confirmed that everywhere he has been in Iraq he has
been informed that the U.S. and British occupiers
“have not done enough” to reestablish security
in the country.
In Berlin, Gerhard
Schroeder, the German foreign minister, told U.S.
Secretary of State Colin Powell that he hoped that
sanctions on Iraq would soon be lifted and a
solution found for the country’s future, in an
attempt at rapprochement with Washington after
months of differences.
In this context,
Russia and China have asked for corrections to the
resolution to lift sanctions on Iraq placed before
the UN Security Council by the United States, while
France wishes to make constructive proposals, EFE
cables.
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